Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting tomcat7 package, versions <7.0.56-3+really7.0.88-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.79% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-TOMCAT7-364076
  • published2 Aug 2018
  • disclosed2 Aug 2018

Introduced: 2 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-1336  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 tomcat7 to version 7.0.56-3+really7.0.88-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat7 package and not the tomcat7 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An improper handing of overflow in the UTF-8 decoder with supplementary characters can lead to an infinite loop in the decoder causing a Denial of Service. Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.7, 8.5.0 to 8.5.30, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.51, and 7.0.28 to 7.0.86.

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